Mentor Texts and the Common Core

Central PA Literacy Council

Mentor Texts and the Common Core

Central PA Literacy Council

National Writers and Speakers, Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli!

How can we use mentor texts as vehicles to address aspects of Common Core including rigor, close reading, and writing? Issues of stamina, endurance, and motivation will be discussed as key components to reading and writing successes. Mentor texts for opinion writing and development of point of view will be shared. Participants will have opportunities to reflect on classroom practice.

Bring your checkbook! Books will be available for purchase through Reading Matters!

Lynne Dorfman

Lynne Dorfman recently retired from the Upper Moreland School District where she taught for more than 30 years in many capacities, most recently as a literacy coach. She is a Co-director of the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature where she develops graduate courses in writing, writing/reading connections, and assessment for the Project through West Chester University. Lynne has a B.A. in Elementary Education from Beaver College, an M.A. in Elementary Education from Bloomsburg University, and a Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership from Immaculata University. She is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Keystone State Reading Association, and the International Reading Association.

Rose Cappelli

Rose Cappelli recently retired from the West Chester Area School District where she served as a reading specialist. She is a 1996 fellow of the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project and currently serves the Project as a course coordinator and teacher consultant. Rose holds an undergraduate degree in Teaching of the Hearing Impaired from the Pennsylvania State University, a graduate degree in Reading from West Chester University, and has completed additional post-graduate work at West Chester University and Immaculata University. She is a member of the International Reading Association, the Keystone State Reading Association, and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Collaborative Work!

Lynne and Rose are the authors of Teaching Writing Domains with Mentor Texts, a resource guide for teachers published and distributed by Reading Matters, Inc., as well as Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature K-6, Nonfiction Mentor Texts: Teaching Informational Writing Through Children’s Literature K-8, Poetry Mentor Texts: Making Reading and Writing Connections K-8, and a video, Writing with Mentors, all published by Stenhouse Publishers. Lynne and Rose conduct literacy workshops and inservices and have presented at KSRA, IRA, Reading Recovery, NCTE, and various state conferences around the country.

Lynne Dorfman

Lynne Dorfman recently retired from the Upper Moreland School District where she taught for more than 30 years in many capacities, most recently as a literacy coach. She is a Co-director of the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature where she develops graduate courses in writing, writing/reading connections, and assessment for the Project through West Chester University. Lynne has a B.A. in Elementary Education from Beaver College, an M.A. in Elementary Education from Bloomsburg University, and a Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership from Immaculata University. She is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Keystone State Reading Association, and the International Reading Association.

Rose Cappelli

Rose Cappelli recently retired from the West Chester Area School District where she served as a reading specialist. She is a 1996 fellow of the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project and currently serves the Project as a course coordinator and teacher consultant. Rose holds an undergraduate degree in Teaching of the Hearing Impaired from the Pennsylvania State University, a graduate degree in Reading from West Chester University, and has completed additional post-graduate work at West Chester University and Immaculata University. She is a member of the International Reading Association, the Keystone State Reading Association, and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Collaborative Work!

Lynne and Rose are the authors of Teaching Writing Domains with Mentor Texts, a resource guide for teachers published and distributed by Reading Matters, Inc., as well as Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature K-6, Nonfiction Mentor Texts: Teaching Informational Writing Through Children’s Literature K-8, Poetry Mentor Texts: Making Reading and Writing Connections K-8, and a video, Writing with Mentors, all published by Stenhouse Publishers. Lynne and Rose conduct literacy workshops and inservices and have presented at KSRA, IRA, Reading Recovery, NCTE, and various state conferences around the country.